Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
The psalmist celebrates one deliverance, but means it as proof of God's constant mercy to His people through all ages. His point is comfort: our subjection to enemies has been the furnace proving us as silver, and God's hearing of the faithful proves His acceptance of them alone, not the wicked.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:1-20
Come and see the works of God. Such glorious events, as the cleaving of the Red Sea and the overthrow of Pharaoh, are standing wonders, and throughout all time a voice sounds forth concerning them—"Come and see." Even till the close of all things, the marvellous works of God at the Red Sea will be the subject of meditation and praise; for, standing on the...
This call to all lands shows God's worth, declares man's duty to praise Him by creation's law, and foretells the conversion of the Gentiles. We must praise with zeal and openness, hearty and public, not the noise of hypocrites but the joyful noise of those unashamed of their Master.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:1-7